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Tony Burke

Website Tony Burke is President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions; a former assistant general secretary of Unite; Trade Union co-ordinator for the Morning Star newspaper and chair of the Campaign For Trade Union Freedom. He is a contributing editor of Left Foot Forward blogging on trade, international issues and workers’ and union rights. As well as LFF, he contributes to the Morning Star, Campaign For Trade Union Freedom website, and his own Power In A Union site.
Rachel Reeves speaking at Labour Party Conference
Opinion

Why Rachel Reeves finds herself in a difficult place with China on trade

Tony Burke
24 October, 2024

Rachel Reeves will certainly be between a rock and hard place. Doing a future deal for no or lower tariffs on Chinese made EVs won’t help with the rebuilding the relationship with the EU

Angela Rayner

How Labour’s New Deal for Workers could be even more radical

Tony Burke
6 September, 2024

There is still more to be done…

Brexit

The government shouldn’t ignore workers’ rights in post-Brexit trade deals

Tony Burke
29 August, 2024

Trade unions must be consulted and have a seat at the table

Elon musk

It’s not going well for Elon Musk

Tony Burke
20 August, 2024

The recent X interview Musk conducted with Trump, was a technical shambles with a delayed start. 

US Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris
Opinion

Labour unions and the US presidential election

Tony Burke
12 August, 2024

‘Trump is on the back foot and US unions are now openly fronting up their members and their families to vote for Harris.’

Keir Starmer outside Number 10 Downing Street

The EU’s signal that it may be ready for closer ties with a Labour government can only be a good thing

Tony Burke
30 July, 2024

With growing opposition among UK voters to Brexit, the damage it has done and an increase in ‘buyers remorse’ any improvements to relations with the EU should be popular in the EU itself.

Opinion

The Tories’ plans are a major threat to every aspect of employment, health and safety law

Tony Burke
16 May, 2023

‘The scrapping of record keeping means the regulations on long working hours effectively become unenforceable.’

Brexit and EU
Opinion

An outline agreement between the EU and USA shows why Brexit is a failure

Tony Burke
7 March, 2023

The UK seems well behind the curve on green industrial policy and is increasingly left standing watching on the sidelines.

Brexit
Opinion

What happened to all the trade agreements Brexiteers promised?

Tony Burke
20 February, 2023

Many of the agreements are ‘continuity’ or ‘rollover’ agreements, which replicate the deals we already had previously as members of the EU.

Rishi Sunak sitting with Kemi Badenoch
Opinion

Promised post-Brexit trade deals remain a fantasy

Tony Burke
6 January, 2023

‘All in all, the fantasy of countries queuing up to sign trade agreements with ‘Global Britain’ and filling the gap left by Brexit remains just that – a fantasy.’

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